Whitney Houston performs onstage during the 2011 Pre-Grammy Gala & Salute to Industry Icons, with Clive Davis Honoring David Geffen at the Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hill. (Mark Ralston, AFP/Getty Images)
Singer Whitney Houston performs onstage during the 2011 Pre-Grammy Gala & Salute to Industry Icons, with Clive Davis Honoring David Geffen at the Beverly Hilton. (Mark Ralston, AFP/Getty Images)
Whitney Houston bows after performing “I Didn’t Know My Own Strength” at the 2009 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)
Whitney Houston holds her Grammy award for Best Female Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance for “It’s Not Right but It’s Okay” at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. (Vince Bucci, AFP/Getty Images)
Pop star and entertainer Michael Jackson gathers with Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minnelli and Whitney Houston, right, at the United Negro College Fund dinner at a New York hotel in New York. (Mark Cardwell, AFP/Getty Images)
Whitney Houston performs at the Monte Carlo Sporting Club. (Christophe Simon, AFP/Getty Images)
American pop singer Whitney Houston performs in 1988. (Dave Hogan, Hulton Archives/Getty Images)
